edited
7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
Bob Day and Bill Heffernan have voted the same way 84% of the time
Bob Day
Former Family First Party Senator for SA July 2014 – November 2016
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
Between July 2014 and May 2016 Bob Day and Bill Heffernan have voted in the same division 280 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 235 times. They have only voted differently 45 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- An emissions reduction fund
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing surveillance powers
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 235 times. They have only voted differently 45 times.
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Determine without amendments or debate
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Read for the first time
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Proceed without formalities
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Delay the bill
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 3rd Mar 2016
Committees - Establishment of a National Integrity Commission - Appointment
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Motions - Election of Senators - Refer to Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2015
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Add a sunset clause
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2015
Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Tax information of companies earning over $200m
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reference
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2015
Motions - Central Coast: Australian Taxation Office - Performing arts centre on the Gosford Waterfront
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Consumer Lease Exclusion) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 21st Jun 2019
Motions - Perth Freight Link - Commit funding
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Disallowance of the Family Law (Fees) Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2015; Disallowance
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2016
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 25th May 2015
Motions — Income Support
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Motions — Excise Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2014, Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2014
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Telecommunications; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Nov 2014
Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Add sunset clause for delayed notification search warrant
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Documents — Toowoomba Bypass; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Limit access to computers to extent necessary
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and Asset Recycling Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 — In Committee — Toll roads
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Documents — Abbot Point; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Documents — Air Warfare Destroyer; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No.2] - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Day voted No
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance